Ordering

To order any ads in the Tips.Net network, simply send an e-mail to allen (at) sharonparq.com.
Make sure you include the following items in your message:

Your contact information.

The type of ad (position) you want and the site on which you want it to appear.

When you want the ad to start and for how long.

A representative will call you back and make the final arrangements for placing the ad. Payment
may be made with Visa, MasterCard, American Express, PayPal, or by check or money order (US funds).

Newsletter Ad Specifications

Tips.Net newsletters are published in HTML format. This means that the ads appearing in
our newslettrs are also HTML. While it is possible for a newsletter ad to appear as a "banner,"
that is not necessarily the best way for them to appear.

In our experience, it is better if ads are text-based. Your add will appear between
descriptions of tips in the newsletter. If your ad is text-based, then it seems more "natural"
to the reader and gives you a great chance of enticing the reader to click through to your
site for additional information.

An ad consists of two things: a heading and a body. The heading should be no more than 65
characters long and the body should be no more 390 characters in length. The ad body can include
a single phrase (no more than 30 characters) that becomes a hyperlink to your content. You let
us know the URL that should be linked to, and that is what appears in the advertisement. Your
ad would appear similar to the following:

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Coloring and fonts will differ based on publication and the mail program being used by the
reader.

Ad copy and payment must be received by noon, two days before issue publication.